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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5

Pros:

Usable

Cons:

but may require a lot of work

Dreamlinux has quite a few users, but must be counted as endangered: it has only one developer and this is the first new version since 2009. The only repositories now available are Debian Testing, so Dream is more of a re-spin than a real distro.

The installer was simple, but it didnít set the keyboard, timezone, or language. The collection of packages installed was small, although they all worked well: Chromium, Gimp, Inkscape, Smplayer (with all codecs), Shotwell, and Softmaker. The latter is an odd choice: a free copy of the 2008 version of a commercial office suite.

There were problems, however. The dock took up about a quarter of the screen and I could not get it to go away, except by uninstalling the program. The forum shows that others have had the same problem. I tried to install Wine, only to find itís not in Debianís testing repository! One could say that the fault is Debianís, but if you choose to rely on Testing, then either you or your users will have a lot of work to do.

With so many distros that actually improve on Debian, I cannot see any reason to use this one.